单选题
It was cold (寒冷的，伤风) and dark out in the road and the rain did not stop for a minute. But in the little living room of Number 12 Castle Road it was nice and warm. Old Mr. White and his son, Herbert, played chess (棋，国际象棋) and Mrs. White sat and watched them. The old woman was happy because her husband and her son were good friends and they liked to be together. "Herbert's a good son," she thought (认为，考虑). "We waited a long time for him and I was nearly forty when he was born, but we are in a happy family." And old Mrs. White smiled. It was true. Herbert was young and he laughed a lot, but his mother and his father laughed with him. They had not got much money, but they were in a very happy little family. The two men did not talk because they played carefully. The room was quiet, but the noise of the rain was worse (更坏的，更差的) now and they could hear it on the windows.
单选题
The story (故事，新闻报道) happened on a cold rainy (下雨的，多雨的) night.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】根据第一句，当时是夜晚(dark)，外面马路上很冷(cold)，然后最后一句中又提到，the noise of the rain。说明当时在下雨。因此题目的说法是正确的。
单选题
It was very nice and warm on Castle Road.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】在the little living room of Number 12 Castle Road 才是温暖的，外面马路 is very cold。
单选题
The Whites were rich and happy.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】倒数第二段提到，... They had not got much money，因此rich的说法是错误的。
单选题
When Mr. White and his son were playing chess, it was raining harder and harder.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】but the noise of the rain was worse(更坏的，更差的)now and they could hear it on the windows．说明雨下得起来越大了。
单选题
Mrs. White could play chess as well as her husband and her son.